Ping Research Group Education and Training Programs at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

High School Student Summer Internship

Program Description: The high school sum­mer internship pro­gram offers sti­pend sup­port for two high school students annually. Each awarded reci­pient will receive financial sup­port for up to four weeks. The award may be used for tra­vel, lod­ging, and living allowance, as we do NOT provide housing. Participants in the high school sum­mer internship pro­gram are expec­ted to work under instructors’  supervision on an assigned project. A report is requi­red at the end of the internship, including an essay describing a specific topic, a PPT file concisely visualizing of key points, and an oral presentation showing communication/public speaking skills. An eva­lua­tion from the pro­ject super­vi­sor and Dr. Ping will be provided. Pre­vious reci­pients of this sum­mer internship award were all accep­ted by pro­mi­nent uni­ver­si­ties inc­lu­ding UCLA, UC Berkeley, Har­vard, Duke, and Stan­ford. Requests for recommendation letters from the project supervisor and Dr. Ping must be received 6-8 weeks prior to their due date. We will begin accepting applications for Summer 2017 on March 1st, 2017.

The 2017 Summer Internship Dates will be:  June 26th, 2017 - July 21st, 2017.

For applicants of the 2017 summer internship, please submit ALL* (letters of recommendation can be sent separately) of the following materials in a single email to admin@heartbd2k.org by 11:59 PM PST on Friday, April 7th, 2017:

• One page resume/CV
• A short paragraph (250 words) about personal or professional interests (e.g., music, sports)
• A short paragraph (250 words) explaining why you are interested in this summer internship
• Official academic transcript
• Two letters of recommendation (from either a high school teacher or a person for whom you've previously worked)

 

*Please note that ALL materials must be received by the deadline to be considered.*

 

UCLA Undergraduate Data Science Internship

Program Description:  Quarter based internship positions are available at the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Center of Excellence for Biomedical Computing at UCLA. We offer either UCLA M199 research class credits (if eligible) or compensation based on experience. The BD2K Center of Excellence at UCLA (heartbd2k.org) is a unique federally funded program that seeks to advance the data science and applicability of Big Data to biomedical research. Hired interns will work directly under supervision of a designated project manager, Vincent Kyi, and closely with clinicians, bioinformaticians, and computer scientists in research laboratory directed by Dr. Peipei Ping (note: dry lab space has been allocated for interns), which hosts the <strong>HeartBD2K Center</strong> at UCLA. Our general investigation focus is to research and apply machine learning, text-mining, and statistical methods to discover new insights from various types of clinical data. Hired interns will also create applications not only to study cardiovascular diseases from fundamental mechanistic insights, but also to improve clinical diagnostics, therapeutic regimens, and patient’s outcomes.

Requirements:

• UCLA Student
• Background in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or Life Science
• Familiarity with statistical programming

Preferred:

• Experience with text-­mining, bioinformatics, and/or biostatistics
• Knowledge of proteomics and/or cardiovascular biology and medicine

 

All Current Trainees

 

Kitu Komya College Student, Data Science Intern UCLA, Class of 2018	Yolanda Xiao College Student, Data Science Intern UCLA, Class of 2019	Nate Soongwangse College Student, Data Science Intern UCLA, Class of 2019
Abineet Das Sharma  College Student, Research Developer UCLA, Class of 2018	Avirudh Theraja College Student, Research Developer UCLA, Class of 2018	Shashank Khanna College Student, Research Developer UCLA, Class of 2018
Anjali Kumari College Student, Data Science Intern UCLA, Class of 2018	Sanjana Murali Data Science Research Developer University of Michigan, Class of 2017

All Previous Trainees

Sam Yang  College Student, Data Science Intern Data Scientist at Northrop Grumman	Alan Kha  College Student, Research Developer Software Engineer at Yelp	Daniel Yao  College Student, Research Developer Amazon SDE
Earl Escueta  College Student, Research Developer Application Developer at Intel Corporation	Kevin Sheu  College Student, Research Developer  Georgia Tech Graduate Student	Hannah Chou  College Student, Research Developer Dexcom Firmware Engineer
Niyati Patel  College Student, Summer Intern, 2015  UCLA, Class of 2017	Shenha Venkatesan  College Student, Summer Intern, 2015  UCLA, Class of 2016	Dylan Cartier  College Student, Summer Intern, 2015  Duke University, Graduate Student
Jessica Lee College Student, Spring Intern, 2014 UCLA, Class of 2015 Vanitra Richardson Graduate Student, Spring Intern, 2014 UCLA, class of 2017  Chinwe Mbisike  College Student, Fall Intern, 2013 UCLA, class of 2015 Royce Chen High School Student, Summer Intern, 2013 Palos Verdes High School, class of 2014 Presentation Amanda Lin College Student, Summer Intern, 2012 UCLA, class of 2012 Howard Choi Graduate Student, Fall Intern, 2012  UCLA Bioinformatics PhD, class of 2015  Elaheh Karbassi  Graduate Student, Fall Intern, 2011  UCLA MCIP PhD, class of 2015  Jung Hyung Sin  High School Student, Summer Intern, 2011 & 2012 UC Berkeley, class of 2018 Tina Huang  High School Student, Summer Intern, 2012  The Bishop's School, class of 2014 Vivek Iyer High School Student, Summer Intern, 2010 UC San Diego, class of 2015 Jenny Kim College Student, Summer Intern, 2010 UCLA, class of 2012 Julia Li College Student, Summer Intern, 2010  UCLA, class of 2012  Akshay Pengyal  Medical Student, Summer Intern, 2007-2008   Ave Strauss Medical Student, Summer Intern, 2007-2008   Armen Yerevanian  College Student, Summer Intern, 2003	Derrick Huang College Student, Spring Intern, 2014 UCLA, Class of 2015 Iris Cong College Student, Spring Intern 2014 UCLA, Class of 2017 Natalie Hernandez College Student, Summer Intern, 2013 Stanford, class of 2014  Jennifer Polson College Student, Summer Intern, 2013 UCLA, class of 2014    Rozan Sotoodeh High School Student, Summer Intern, 2013 Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, class of 2016 Caitlin Black College Student, Summer Intern, 2012 UCLA, class of 2013 Christina Kim Graduate Student, Spring Intern, 2013  UCLA Bioengineering PhD, class of 2015     Lingxuan Chen Graduate Student, Fall Intern, 2011 UCLA, class of 2012    Jun Hyung Sin High School Student, Summer Intern, 2011 & 2012 UC Berkeley, class of 2018 Allen Kim College Student, Summer Intern, 2011 & 2012 Johns Hopkins PhD, class of 2017 Melissa Chan College Student, Summer Intern, 2011 & 2012 UCLA, class of 2012 Anna Zolyan  College Student, Summer Intern, 2010 UCLA, class of 2011 Anna Casalme  High School Student, Summer Intern, 2010  Stanford, class of 2015  Roger Zhao  College Student, Summer Intern, 2007 & 2008 UCLA, class of 2009     Sharon Xiao College Student, Summer Intern, 2009	Jason Tabaraki Master's Student, Spring Intern, 2014 UCLA, class of 2011 Brandon Milan College Student, Summer Intern, 2013 UCLA, Class of 2014 Ariel Silverman-Chen  High School Student, Summer Intern, 2013 Santa Monica High School, class of 2015 Presentation   Tandi Ge Medical Student, Summer Intern, 2013 Chongquing University, class of 2016       Ivette Zelaya College Student, Summer Intern, 2011 UCLA Bioinformatics PhD, class of 2016       Xiangbo Liang       College Student, Summer Intern, 2012 NYU, class of 2017 Ravina Verma  High School Student, Summer Intern, 2012  UC San Diego, class of 2018  David Meyer College Student, Summer Intern, 2012 UCLA, class of 2013 Claire Tang  High School Student, Summer Intern, 2008  Northridge Academy High School, class of 2009  Anna Fong High School Student, Summer Intern, 2010 UC Berkeley, class of 2014 Mingyi Zhao  College Student, Summer Intern, 2009 Zhejiang University, class of 2010 Jiyoung Kim College Student, Summer Intern, 2009 UCLA, class of 2010 Michael Zhang  College Student, Summer Intern, 2004-2007   Aaron Huang High School Student, Summer Intern, 2004 & 2006